Video URL


13171_7315_ war_of_the_worlds
Subjects

1938
B&W

MS of Orson Welles at the age of 23 speaking to the public about his “War of the Worlds” broadcast and its effects. CU on a radio. As audio from the War of the Worlds broadcast is played there are shots of people in their homes listening to the show looking worried or surprised. LS of radio towers. Long shots of crowds in panic with megaphone and radio tower images laid over top. MCU of Welles expressing surprise that people believed the stunt. MLS of Welles surrounded by journalists as he ponders upon the events.